lpf(8) [ultrix man page]
lpf(8) System Manager's Manual lpf(8) Name lpf - general purpose line printer filter Syntax /usr/lib/lpdfilters/lpf [-c] [-nlogin] [-hhost] [-wwidth] [-lnum] [-iindent] [accounting file] Description The filter handles text data destined for impact printers: LP25, LP26, LP27, LA50, LA75, LA100, LA120, LA210, LG01. The filter regulates the device dependencies of the printers and performs accounting functions. When the print job is done, writes accounting records to the file specified by the af field in /etc/printcap. The filter can handle plain ASCII files as well as files that have been preprocessed by nroff. However, it ignores escape sequences requesting superscripting and subscripting. You can specify the filter in both the of and the if fields of the file. For further information, see When you specify both fields, the of filter prints the banner page only, then stops. The if filter then gains access to the printer. The if filter maintains accounting infor- mation. If you specify the of field only, it prints the banner page then stops and restarts to maintain accounting information. If you specify the if field only, it sends the banner page directly to the printer. This is not a problem for most impact printers. For a more detailed discussion on filters see the ``Line Printer Spooler Manual'' in the ULTRIX Supplementary Documents, Volume 2: Program- mer. The arguments passed to the filter depend on its use. The of filter is called with the following arguments: lpf -wwidth -llength The width and length values come from the pw and pl fields in the database. The if (or restart of) filter is passed the following arguments: lpf -c -nlogin -hhost -wwidth -lnum -iindent accounting file The -c flag is optional and supplied only when control characters are to be printed; when the -l option of is used to print the file. The -w and -l arguments are the same as for the of filter, however, they may have different values if the -w and/or -z options of were used to print the file. The -n and -h arguments specify the login name and host name of the job owner. These arguments are used to record account- ing information. The -i option specifies the amount of indentation to be used. The last argument is the name of the accounting file speci- fied from the af field in the database. Diagnostics The lf field (default /dev/null) in the database specifies error logging file name. Files Printer capabilities database See Also lpr(1), pr(1), printcap(5), lpd(8), MAKEDEV(8), pac(8) ``Line Printer Spooler Manual,'' ULTRIX Supplementary Documents, Volume 2: Programmer lpf(8)
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ln03of(8) System Manager's Manual ln03of(8) Name ln03of - LN03(S) laser printer filter Syntax /usr/lib/lpdfilters/ln03of [-c] [-nlogin] [-hhost] [-wwidth] [-lnum] [-iindent] [accounting file] Description The filter is used to filter text data destined for the LN03 and LN03S laser printers. The filter handles the device dependencies of the printers and performs accounting functions. Accounting records are written to the file specified by the af field in at the time of comple- tion for each job. The filter can handle plain ASCII files and files that have been preprocessed by nroff. The filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining, superscripting, and subscripting into the correct LN03(S) control sequences. The filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if fields in the file. For further information, see When both fields are specified the of filter is used only to print the banner page. It is then stopped to allow the if filter access to the printer. The if filter maintains accounting information. If the of field is the only one specified the filter is used to print the banner page. It is then stopped and restarted. This allows the of filter to be used to maintain accounting information. If the if field is the only one specified the banner page will be sent directly to the printer. If the printer has been left in an undeter- mined state the banner page may not print correctly. The best results will be obtained when the filter is specified in both the of and if fields. For a more detailed discussion on filters see the ``Line Printer Spooler Manual'' in the ULTRIX Supplementary Documents, Volume 2: Programmer. Options The arguments passed to the filter depend on its use. The of filter is called with the following arguments: ln03of -wwidth -llength The width and length values come from the pw and pl fields in the database. The if (or restarted of) filter is passed the following arguments: ln03of -c -nlogin -hhost -wwidth -lnum -iindent accounting file The -c flag is optional, and supplied only when control characters are to be printed, that is, when the -l option of is used to print the file. The -w and -l arguments are the same as for the of filter, however, they may have different values if the -w and/or -z options of were used to print the file. If the value of the width is greater than 80 the job will be printed in landscape mode with a slightly smaller font. The length of the page is assumed to be 66 regardless of the length specified. The -n and -h argu- ments specify the login name and host name of the job owner. These arguments are used to record accounting information. The -i option specifies the amount of indentation to be used. The last argument is the name of the accounting file specified from the af field in the database. Diagnostics The lf field (default /dev/null) in the database specifies error logging file name. Files Printer capabilities database See Also lpr(1), pr(1), printcap(5), lpd(8), MAKEDEV(8), pac(8) ``Line Printer Spooler Manual,'' ULTRIX Supplementary Documents, Volume 2: Programmer ln03of(8)